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txshooter

Thanks for the reply, but this was handled in February.......

txshooter

I'm in Houston. I was looking for a client and located a mobile installer that covers the entire San Fransisco Oakland area.

txshooter

I am in need of a professional electronics installer in the Northwest Atlanta area. PM me if you are or know of a reputable company in the area.

txshooter

I am looking for a installer in the San Fransisco area that can install a simple GPS Tracking unit. Required is a three wire installation, Power, Ground and ignition sense wire. Also the placement of a GPS antenna. I am looking for a professional installer.

Anyone?

txshooter

com501 wrote:People are still using Visar's?? And I can't even GIVE one away.....

If you are giving them away i will send you my address..lol

These were always great little units for lots of uses. I still keep a couple around!

txshooter

I don't see why: 1. Motorola would need to have a Quantar/Astro Spectra replacement Type Certified by 1/1/2005? These radios are already Certified, and could be sold until 1/1/2008. If they wanted to sell 'em after that, they would have to mod the software to prohibit wideband operation - not diffi...

txshooter

Houston PD is still using Astros and regular Sabers
DEA Astro Sabers and a few regular sabers in some offices still
FBI a few Astro Sabers running Around
US Marshall's Office, I have seen a few local guys with them but they have mostly switched over the the XTS5000

txshooter

Hello all, I work at a radio maintenance shop, and there is a Motorola Mobile in particular we're having problems with. It has just the remote head in the truck (a firetruck) and the actual radio is behind the driver seat. I haven't had a chance to look up the model, however the remote head looks l...

txshooter

OK, this may seem to simple, but before the headsets I would guess you were using the radios alone and without a speaker mic or anything. This would mean the user was taking the radio off of their belt and holding it up by theeir head while transmitting. Simply the position of the antenna, up and aw...

txshooter

A LCS2000 will scan, but they will not priority scan. I carried one at work for several years. Make sure you have a scan list programmed in the radio or else it will have nothign to scan.

txshooter

I might actually have one on a shelf somewhere

txshooter

I have several gang chargers for these still sitting in storage if anyone needs one. You pay the shipping...

txshooter

I for one would love to see that collection hosted again with some updates. It was a great resource of photos of older gear that many of the younger members here may have never seen or dealt with before.

txshooter

I personally have both B & C revision cables. I suspect there is really no difference in the cabel other than Motorola used a different supplier to manufacture the cable. Both of them have worked fine with whatever I have thrown at them.

txshooter

Are you using a real com port? Are you sure the converted cable is working properly? Have you tried this with any other Astro Saber? Have you previously used this aftermarket rib sucessfully with another cable and radio. There are a lot of different variables at play in this situation. You really ju...

txshooter

If I am not mistaken, that error code is for the secure module not communicating with the radio. This can also be a radio that is programmed as secure equipped and there is actually no module in the radio. The fix is as simple as un-checking the secure equipped box in the CPS. If you do have a secur...

txshooter

Your key fail message means that your radio has a encryption board installed and there is no key loaded in the radio. If you are not using encryption you can simply disable it in the programming and you will not see this message. or - the person who previously owned this radio removed the enryption...

txshooter

Your key fail message means that you radio has a encryption board installed and there is no key loaded in the radio. If you are not using encryption you can simply disable it in the programming and you will not see this message. If you are (which I suspect you are not) you need to load a key into th...

txshooter

Got a picture? The older suitcase repeaters contain crystals.......got one sitting on the floor next to me as I type

txshooter

Panasonic Toughbook CF-29. Virtually indestructable....available at a reasonable price these days.

Negative, they weigh a ton, but the durability really makes up for it. Mine has even proved itself to be toddler proof!

txshooter

I said I had only seen R split radios that were 438-470 and had not seen others. I stand corrected.

txshooter

I have never seen a UHF motorcycle radio in any other frequency split. Just a FYI they also made regular dash mounts in the much desired "R" split for some large customers. I have a few of these and they are great radios.

***Akardam corrected information in later post***

txshooter

Same RIB, different cable and software. There is a adaptor that can be made to go in between the cable and rib that turns the cable into a Astro cable, but it is still a different software package.

txshooter

You can try to mod it if you want, all you need is the service manuel with the pinouts for the microphone and the pinouts for the desk microphone you want to use. Best of luck. If I were you I would buy another inexpensive radio that can easily accept a desk microphone and use the unit you have for ...

txshooter

Preston's site is good jumping off point for you although it is very specific to the ICOM radios. A common Motorola repeater would be 2 GM300's hooked together with a Motorola R.I.C.K. or a generic repeater interface which can be commonly found on eBay for less than $10.00. Another good site for rep...

txshooter

There are some model specific charts available at http://www.batlabs.com/models.html that may give you a little basic information about this unit. And a page dedicated to this radio at http://www.batlabs.com/syntrx.html with limited information. If you have a control head / microphone similar to the...

txshooter

I am 99% sure that 3020's can not be changed to des-xl. Different key format entirely

txshooter

Far as your last question, correct. Until you load a valid key into the module or turn the secure switch off you'll get that beeping. Don't think you'll get that KVL to recognize a 5835 chip. If it was the other way around (a 3011 KVL and straight DES chip) it would work. thanks for the information...

txshooter

Are you just trying to make this look good for display? If so, you can just mount one of the old school control heads and a speaker up front and even adapt the control head with a battery and a LED so it looks as if it powers up. I am not sure what radio would have likely been on that trike......a l...

txshooter

It can be done, as I have a MCS2000 in that split running in the HAM bands without issue. I am still using RSS for this radio and the RSS was hex edited to change the bandsplits for the radio allowing it to program down into the ham band.

txshooter

jackhackett wrote:If memory serves, the rear head also uses a special speaker that has an amp and volume control in it.

Yes, it sure does. I had almost forgot about the speaker issue.

txshooter

Yes, it's a pretty easy switch. You do need a dual head cable and a control head that is specifically for rear head applications. Other than that it is really a programming issue. A regular head will appear to work at first in dual head configuration, but it will conflict with the front head.

txshooter

Fireware upgrades can be handled by Motorola or a Motorola Service Center. There is probably more involved than a simple firmware upgrade. (ie New RF Board capable of that split.)

txshooter

Good question, I was wondering the same thing when Spectra markets are so readilly available on the used market for very little money. Certainly far less expensive than my time attempting to modify another mic to work!

txshooter

There are a variety of problems that can cuase this. The radio and the computer are not communicating. The first thing I would try is a slower computer running native MS DOS. You can not program these radios using a DOS window. You may want to go to www.batlabs.com and read the programming primer an...

txshooter

... units with ECM firmware R02.00 are virtually useless??? ... Wow, that seems to be carrying it a bit far. I have run 2.xx modules and 3.xx. modules side by side in different radios with good results. In fact many large agencies have such a mix of ECM/UCM firmware revisions and HOST/DSP revisions...

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I have used http://www.alohabatteries.com/ a few times for odd old bateries with good luck.

txshooter

DeanS wrote:Now I'm getting confused about the astro saber band split. If all the VHF are 136-174, then why do I see so many different band splits listed in ebay ads?

You question has been answered multiple times.

You are asking why eBay listings show different bandsplits, simply due to uneducated sellers.

txshooter

Earlier model XTL5000's used the same style heads as Astro Spectras....in fact the W9 head is extremely common. Another very common configuration involved the W7 head.

txshooter

Anyone have any idea of a approximate weight of a VHF MSF5000 125 watt repeater. I am having to put one on a truck (something I have never done before) and I have no idea what oen of these weighs. It won't really fit on the old bathroom scale...lol The repeater is in a 5 foot cabinet.

txshooter

Again, the Astro Saber is not a current production radio. At the time of production I am sure if a large enough client wanted this feature and was willing to pay for it, they would have made it available. But these are the upper tier radios, voice inversion is usually found only in lower tier radios...

txshooter

No, no voice inversion for the Astro Saber. Voice Inversion is usually reserved for lower tier radios. A purchaser of a Astro Saber would normally want a higher grade encryption module (DES-XL, OFB come to mind.) There are several threads on this. One is a sticky concerning encryption modules by BAT...

txshooter

Might want to consider buying a subscription from Motorola for the CPS. Well worth it for a current production radio. It will keep you in updates for 3 years and you won't have issues like this on this product anymore.

txshooter

Have you checked to see if they set the concentric swith or secure swith to transmit disabled in both positions. This would cause the problem you are experiencing and is what most peopel who try to use these radios as scanners do. This disables the PTT on the radio and the speaker mic as well, but w...

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They probably were not trying to be sneaky or anything as you might believe. It is pretty standard to put a radio on the bench for testing when you recieve it. That also includes reading the radio and maybe even reprogramming the unit. Those with legitimate subcriptions to the CPS don't have a issue...

txshooter

Sounds like a old goverment surplus radio that still requires the SIU, they were all HHCH radios (A3.)

txshooter

No user programable second line display is available other than the alias ID of the radio.

txshooter

I think Andy Brinkley her on the board can program it. In reference to the id'er, it can not be set for ten minutes. You will need to use a external id'er to be in compliance.

txshooter

In the display options for the radio there should be a button enabled as "mute" If it is not, enable it and then it will shop up on the radio menu. Press that button and it gives you a tones on or off option. Choose whichever you desire. Also, remember that you may have more menu items tha...

txshooter

Another good thought, but sadly no. This radio doesn't have priority enabled, and there's no "little dot" after the "scanning Z" :-) Thanks, Peter Is the radio scanning while this is occuring? Does the radio do this with scan off? Just because you don't see the dot does not mean...

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